In 2013, Hans-Werner Hector, one of the founders of the software company SAP, established the Hector Fellow Academy. His goal: to strengthen Germany as a location for research and science, initiate forward-looking socio-political discourse and contribute to solving global challenges. Members of the young science academy are outstanding researchers from the natural and engineering sciences, medicine and psychology who have been awarded the annual Hector Science Prize. The Academy not only offers the Hector Fellows a platform for exchange and joint interdisciplinary research projects. It has also set itself the task of passing on the wealth of experience of its members to the next generation. To this end, the Hector Fellow Academy finances the doctorates of graduates with above-average Master's degrees and has created the Hector Research Career Development Award (Hector RCD Award).
In 2024, the following doctoral position is advertised, which might be of interest to you:
- A. Stephen Hashmi (Chemistry): Call for applications for Hashmi's doctoral position
- Wolfgang Wernsdorfer (Physics/Chemistry): Call for applications for the doctoral position Wernsdorfer
- Eberhart Zrenner (Biology/Engineering/Medicine): Call for applications for the Zrenner doctoral position
The advantages of a doctorate at the Hector Fellow Academy
- Supervision by a top scientist
- Fully funded doctoral position: 4 years of funding (3+1, 3 years with the possibility of a one-year extension)
- Further training on management topics as well as coaching and networking events
- Member of the Hector Fellow Academy research network
Prerequisites for your application are excellent academic performance, a very good Master's degree in the relevant subject area, very good English language skills and the willingness to move to the university location of the supervising Hector Fellow if necessary.
Application deadline is March 31, 2024! Apply at https://hector-fellow-academy.de/en/young-scientist-support/